MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 51.12,-114.02 Latitude: 51.12 Longitude: -114.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 116 1 950 564 2 900 1039 SFC 894 1093 18.5 10.2 58 8.3 13.3 343 4 301.1 302.7 290.9 327.0 8.75 4 850 1537 22.2 3.2 29 19.0 11.3 131 12 309.4 310.4 290.8 326.9 5.66 5 800 2059 17.6 2.2 36 15.4 8.9 139 11 309.9 311.0 290.9 327.3 5.60 6 750 2605 12.6 1.3 46 11.3 6.4 155 8 310.2 311.3 291.0 327.6 5.60 7 700 3178 7.5 -0.3 58 7.8 3.4 194 8 310.8 311.8 291.0 327.5 5.36 8 650 3783 2.4 -3.7 64 6.1 -0.6 234 4 311.7 312.6 290.5 325.8 4.48 9 600 4424 -2.4 -9.1 60 6.7 -5.3 304 8 313.3 314.0 289.9 323.6 3.20 10 550 5108 -7.0 -22.5 28 15.4 -11.5 336 9 315.7 316.0 288.6 319.6 1.15 11 500 5844 -11.8 -26.8 28 15.0 -15.5 341 10 318.6 318.8 289.2 321.6 0.85 12 450 6641 -17.5 -29.6 34 12.0 -20.1 323 11 321.2 321.3 289.9 323.8 0.73 13 400 7511 -23.9 -35.3 34 11.3 -25.8 304 13 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.47 14 350 8471 -31.2 -53.0 10 21.7 -32.9 290 22 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.9 0.08 15 300 9542 -39.9 -50.6 31 10.7 -40.5 280 30 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.12 16 250 10763 -48.7 -58.9 30 10.2 -49.0 278 46 333.7 333.7 292.8 333.9 0.05 17 200 12213 -51.3 -72.2 7 20.8 -51.7 277 37 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14069 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 298 24 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16644 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 310 19 414.9 414.9 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.51 m Freezing level: 624.79 mb = 4106.34 m = 13472.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3694.36 m = 12120.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.27 mb = 2162.14 m = 7093.55 ft T: 16.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 7.98 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.00 mb = 4046.14 m = 13274.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.97 C Cross Totals Index: 15.01 C K Index: 29.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7479.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.29 mb = 3532.25 m = 11588.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.0 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 339.0 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.4 neg: -2.6 tot: 89.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 40.63 m/s